Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 996-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-action-pg86-pkt-996-packet-md
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[2]United States Coast Guard, USS Action, PG-86, 13 April 2020 [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS Action, PG-86 page: specifications and History sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard historical page identifies Action (PG-86) as a Canadian corvette transferred to the U.S. Navy under reverse Lend-Lease and manned by a Coast Guard crew; launched 28 July 1942 at Collingwood Shipyard as HMS Comfrey, renamed Action on 13 August 1942, accepted 21 November 1942, commissioned 22 November 1942, used for convoy escort between New York and Guantánamo Bay and later patrol duty in the New York District, departed for Charleston on 20 June 1945, decommissioned 7 September 1945, and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 18 February 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy/Coast Guard crew; convoy and patrol personnel, 1942-1945
- Limitations
- Official historical record of identity and service; it does not identify asbestos-containing materials, crew exposure, abatement, or the later commercial fate beyond Maritime Commission transfer. The page gives 87 as complement and does not state a propulsion specification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-action-pg86-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Action (PG 86), Gunboat Photo Archive, page last updated 9 June 2024 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Action (PG 86) page: chronology and Specifications sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource record corroborates Action's ex-Comfrey/CN-304 identity, Collingwood construction, 6 January 1942 laying down, 28 July 1942 launch, 21 November 1942 acquisition, 22 November 1942 commissioning, 6 September 1945 decommissioning, 17 September 1945 striking, and October 1945 Maritime Commission transfer. It describes a one-shaft plant with two three-drum express boilers and a vertical triple-expansion engine, and records later commercial renamings including Arne Presthus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1972
- Population
- Ship's engineering and operating personnel; later commercial operators
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival ship-history/photo resource, not a Navy material-condition survey. Its decommissioning date differs by one day from the official Coast Guard historical page; the record carries the Coast Guard date in the top-level field and preserves the discrepancy in gaps. The technical data are not treated as evidence of asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-action-pg86-02
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[4]OPNAVINST 5100.19F, 5 May 2019, B1-3 to B1-4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- OPNAVINST 5100.19F, chapter B1, paragraphs 3a and 3d
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Navy asbestos-control policy states that ships laid down before 1980 are considered to contain friable asbestos thermal-systems insulation for emergency-response planning unless reliable documentation and testing establish otherwise; it also states that all U.S. Navy ships contain some form of asbestos-containing material for purposes of the instruction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2019 policy; applied to pre-1980 ships
- Population
- U.S. Navy ships and shipboard asbestos-control personnel
- Limitations
- Current Navy policy is class/era context and an operational handling presumption, not a historical finding about Action's original materials, surviving materials, quantity, location, or any person's exposure. It postdates Action by decades and does not identify this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-action-pg86-03
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[5]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, 18 October 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page, Highlights and Full Report sections
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reports that it reviewed Navy use of asbestos in ships, removal costs, and worker-protection efforts at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; the Navy's 1975 policy concerned removing damaged asbestos insulation or insulation requiring removal for repairs, with a 1979 modification for selected high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ship maintenance programs
- Limitations
- Program-level review of Navy shipyards and policy, not an Action (PG-86) survey or exposure finding. It does not establish that Action contained asbestos, identify products aboard this hull, or quantify material on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-action-pg86-04
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[6]Required authenticated CourtListener base-query pass for USS Action / PG-86; helper accepted all four requests but returned no result payload in the available pacing window [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper invocations documented in search_ledger entries sl-uss-action-pg86-01 through sl-uss-action-pg86-04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation hit was established in this session. The exact-name opinion and docket queries and hull-number opinion and docket queries were each attempted once through the authenticated helper with a 20-result limit; because the helper did not return JSON hit data, this is an incomplete search result rather than a clean no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 search pass
- Population
- CourtListener indexed opinions and dockets
- Limitations
- Do not infer absence of litigation. Every hit could not be read and classified because result payloads were unavailable; no asbestos-qualified variants were run because overflow was not established. This row records the research gap, not a merits finding or proof that Action lacked asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-action-pg86-05